Vehicle-brake.



F. GETTBLMAN.

VBHIGLE BRAKB.

urmou'xon rxLnn umne. 1908.

930,37 1. Patemed Aug. 10, 1909.

FenomenA GETTELMAN, or MILr'iUKEE, W1scoNs1N,

V'EHICLE -BRA KE Bpeeiflcation'o! Letter: Patent.

ratented Aug. io, 1909.

Application lrle'd September 8,, 1908. Serial Ne. 551,468.

- To-all 'whom it fmo-'y concer'nf Be it known that I, Fenomen Gn'rrnt- MAN; a citizen of the United States, and resid'ent of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukec and State of Wsconsi'n, have invented certain new and usefl Improvemcnts in Vehiclo-Brakes; and I do hereby'declere that "the following is a full,` clear, andexact detor-eycles or likev Vehicles, the arrangementV v seri tion thereof. V e object of my invention is to provide a simplev and effective brake for bicycles, mo-

and construction4 beingiisuch 'that a backedal motion sets, a'band-brake mechanism. `his band-brnirc moohanism may, in some instances, be used in conjunetion with any form of crmstor-brake now in common usi. I

The in'vcntion therefore consists in various details of construction and combination of parts as herenafter fully set fol-th with refer-` once to the accompanying drawings and subsecuontly olaimed.

'in tht` drawings: Figure 1 represonts an elevation of a wrtion of the rear fol-kote. bioyolo and s iz cel-hub in connection therewith having attached thcreto a l'irake embodyingjr the features of my invention; and Fig. 2, a plan view of the samo With parts broken away and parts in section to better ilhirdrato the invcntion. i

lteferring b numorals to the drawings, l, I, indieate t o rr-ar fo1-k of `tho frame of a vhicy'fcle or other Vehicle, the forkbeing rovidrd with slots 2 into Which is securer an oxle 3. Loosoly mounted upon the axle is a slot-ve- 4 having a {in JPer 5 cxtending therefrom adjacont to the ork i the Sleeve being formod with a cone-bearing 6 and tormlnating at its inner end with 'a toothod clutchface 7 constituting a clutoh member. Ad'acent the forl; 1, the axlo is provided wit ia oone-boaring 8, which in conjunc'tion with o.

series of halls ,constitutes a boaring for a s rocket-carrying hub 9. The inner end of t nis hub is mounted upon the axle and has exterior flattenod faces H), over which faces is fitted a toothod clutch-mcmhor 11 having on aporturo thor-ein corres onding to the flattenod faces of the hub-en1ll Back of its flattenod end, the hub is provided with an exterior threadwl portion 12 for cnuagcmont with a nut l hich nut is frictionally engaved by a series of lPuf-'s rings 13, that extem from and 'air socurvi to the sloeve 4 the inner cud-face of the hub being adapteri to contact With the slidable clutch-member 11. lThe hub is also rovided with an exterior ball* race 14, Which inconjunction with the concbearing 6V 'of the sleeve 4 constitute seats for series of balls 15, 15, upon .Which balls a wheel-hub 16 has its bearings, the wheel-hub being provided with the usun-l ball-cupe 16', 16, at its ends. i

Secured to the wheel-hub is a band-wheel 17, having a countersunk-fece into which is.

fitted a'steel braka-band 18,.one endv of the band bein secured to a stud 19 that (preets from the ork 1; The opposite en of the band is secured to a lever 20, which lever is ful'erumed to an ear 21, also extending from the-fork. The free end of this level' projects the said free-end being he d in its plosition by means of a coil-spring 22 secured t' ereto and also connected to the fork.

As shown in Fig. 1, when the part are in their normal or running position., nger 5 rests u on a in 23, which pinA rojects from the for 1, t e finger-being he d in its position by the springpressure exerted upon the lever. In order to' produce a quick movement of the lever 20 when the finger 5 is actuated, the free endof said lever is preferabl formedwith an abrupt curvcd seat in which said finger rests, the le'fer thereafter terminating with a. gradual curvature, against which the aforesaid finger acts to produce further movement of said lever, whereb final compression of the band is cll'cctorl:

abrupt curved seat. In some instances the fingcr 5 may also be provided with a s ring similar to th'at shown in connection wit the l'ever, in order to return said fingcr to its normal position of rest upon the pin 23.

W'hen the wheel-hub is being ropelled forward by the s rocket-wheel, os mdiooted by the arrow in `ig. 1, the nut 13 is forced against the wall of the ball-cup 16', due to action of the threaded slccye and consequently all parts are tightly clampcd and will revolve together. A reverse movement cause the nut to be forced forward by the action of the threads upon the hub. The nut in turn slides the clutch-membor 11 into engagcmentv with the toothed cl'utoh-foce of the sleevc. A further rotation of the 'causes the sleeve to turn, i ts fingcr 5 being moved 1n the direction as 1ndicated by the sprocket-whcel in the revcrse direction now over and engages the fin er 5 of'the sleeve,

after first taking up the slacktherein by the of the sprocket, due to back-pedaling, will dotted arrow a in Fig. 1. he lever in consequence will rock in the direotio'n, as indieated by the dotted arrow b, and set the band firmly against the band-wheel, thereby effecting a positive brake.

The ieaf-sprin s 13" which engage the nut serve as frietlon eviees in connection with the sleeve, whereby said nut is under sufficient resistanee to permit the threaded sleeve to move it back and forth as the case may require. A

I clem: A

In a vehiele-brake, a frame, an axle secured thereto, a cone-bearing secured adjucent-to one end of the axie, a sprooket-wheel hub revolubly mounted ilion said axle havin oppositely disposed ba l-raees, a series of ba Is :nter osed between the cone and one of the hub ba l-raoes, whereb end-thrust of the sprocket-wheel is o pose a sleeve loosely mounted upon the a oresaid axle oppolsit'' its cone-bearing, the sleevelhub bein provided i with a. cene-beating and exterior er, sets of halls surrounding the sleeve coneevar'nl a nd other ball-race of said sprocket-whee hub, a wheel-hub provided With ball-cups mounted upon the sets of halls, extcrior threads surrounding the s rooket-wheel hub, a nut engagin the threa s, a leaf-spring secured to the s eeve, the free `end of which is adapted to have frietional en agement with the outer face of the nut, a lat-faoed endsection extendin from the threaded portion of said wheel-hu, a toothed cluteh-member slidably mounted upon the flat-faeed endsection arranged to be enaged by the nut,' a toothed face extending rom the aforesaid sleeve for engagement with the slidable eluteh-member, a band-wheel carried by the wheel-hub; a. band fittedthereto means eonnecting one end of the band and frame, and means oonneeting the o osite end of said band and exterior sleeve er.

In testimony that I elaixn the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin in the Presence of two witnesses.

FREDRICK GETTELMaN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE FELBER, N. C. OLIrHAN'r. 

